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Generatiyę Transformationdl Grammar

Generalive transformational grammar is a theory of grammar that was proposed by the American linguist Chomsky in 1957. It has sińce been developecl by him and many other linguists. Chomsky attempted to provide a model for the description of all languages. A generative transformational grammar tries to show, with a system of mles, the knowledge which a native speaker of a language uses in forming grammatical sentences. So language is based on a system of rnles, makes infinite nse of finite means. “Generate’' - tlirougli a rnle of substitution, it’s possible to generate sentence patterns that wonld cover tlie whole language. ‘Transformational'' - a nile that rearranges various elements in a sentence when that sentence is changed from simple to a morę complicated one. When students know the basie system of a language, it is easier to form and understand an infinite number of sentences. This theory is primarily referred to native speakers.